Mar. 24, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras make effort to ease tensions at start of negotiations over Greece's debt crisis. MORE

Mar. 22, 2015

Mark Adams travel article on his quest to locate lost, sunken city of Atlantis during his visits to Gibraltar, Malta and Santorini, Greece. MORE

Mar. 21, 2015

Editorial laments that discussions between Greece and rest of eurozone over loan agreement have been plagued by squabbles and disagreements; argues that both sides must make progress on fundamental issues, and find a way to work and live together; holds that while eurozone might survive if Greek returns to its own currency, such a decision could ultimately threaten entire European experiment. MORE

Mar. 20, 2015

Greek debt talk emerges at European Council meeting, with leaders on both left and right voicing concerns about possibility of Greek default and exit from the eurozone. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

Think tanks, ratings agencies and banks in Europe and United States have issued assessments of damage that European Union would sustain if Greece defaulted on its debts or left eurozone; warnings are prompted by increasingly contentious standoff between Greece and nearly every other country in union, particularly Germany, over its pursuit of anti-austerity agenda championed by Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Germany rejects calls from Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras to pay reparations to Greece for crimes and unpaid debts of the Nazis, insisting that reparations issue is long settled. MORE

Mar. 10, 2015

Greece will start debt negotiations in Brussels with European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund; bailout money is contingent upon structural overhauls of country's economy. MORE

Mar. 9, 2015

Greece, despite European agreement to lend it money, is quickly running out of cash and is scrambling for ways to avoid default; its government, which is owed 76 billion euros in uncollected taxes, is proposing increasingly offbeat tax-collecting measures, including enlisting tax spies by wiring tourists, students and others to catch tax evaders. MORE

Mar. 1, 2015

Memo From Europe; Germany, often uncomfortable with leadership, is at center of crises over Ukraine and Greece; country has so far failed in effort to revive Minsk cease-fire deal with Russia over Ukraine and arrogant tone of German Finance Min Wolfgang Schauble in chastising Greece over its plea for a new debt deal may come back to haunt Berlin. MORE

Feb. 28, 2015

Parliaments of creditor countries approve four-month extension of Greece's bail-out program; Prime Min Alexis Tsipras characterizes move as victory for Greece, though it goes against his promise to end dealings with Greece's three creditors--the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column contends deal Greece reached with its creditors is overall success and has saved Greece from increased austerity and unreasonable creditor demands, despite rhetoric of failure that has followed deal; says that in ending austerity cycle, Greece has set example for Europe, which needs to recognize failure of its own austerity policies. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

Greece, in exchange for extension of its bailout package, is targeting affluent tax evaders and remolding economic system in which tycoons control much and operate in dubious ways; bolstered tax collection is a start for what is envisioned as larger attempt to make Greece less corrupt. MORE

Feb. 25, 2015

Eurozone ministers and other creditors agree to extend Greece's bailout program for another four months, after accepting reform plan by Greek government; accord, however, does not solve country's perilous economic situation and postpones confronting many major issues. MORE

Feb. 25, 2015

Editorial assesses four-month extension agreed upon by Greek and European finance ministers, which will continue to provide Greece with much-needed money; suggests that deal will offer more time to design stimulus plan for the Greek economy that will allow country to remain in European Union; expresses hope that Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras will be better about delivering on his promises than previous governments. MORE

Feb. 24, 2015

Greece delays submission of its proposed reforms to receive bailout funds until day after deadline; country is negotiating with European creditors to ease austerity and overhaul its market. MORE

Feb. 23, 2015

Greek's new government leaders rush to gather proposed changes to country's austerity program that creditors will accept as deadline looms; move is considered step down for dominant radical-left Syriza party, which had promised to scrap current bailout program. MORE

Feb. 23, 2015

Police use tear gas in attempt to disperse unruly fans at Greek Super League derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos; other soccer news noted. MORE

Feb. 22, 2015

News Analysis; deal that preserves Greece's place in eurozone also commits nation to fiscal targets and other conditions that Prime Min Alexis Tsipras has rejected. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

European leaders agree to four-month extension of Greek bailout, allowing country to avoid bankruptcy and its attendant destabilizing consequences for region; agreement stipulates that Greece will not receive 240 billion euros in funds unless it meets certain conditions, raising possibility of further negotiations. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Paul B Kazarian, one of the largest holders of Greek government bonds, has been engaged in all-out effort to convince investors and European government officials that Greece's debt load is not as dauntingly large as it appears, largely due to low interest rates; Kazarian is a mystery to others in world of Greek bond investors. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Germany rejects request by Greece to extend its loan program, sending country spiraling toward possible insolvency in week's time; new Greek government faces another round of stressful negotiations with eurozone finance ministers. MORE

Feb. 19, 2015

Greek officials will propose to eurozone finance ministers four-month extension to its current bailout program; proposal will not include commitment to honor memo underlying loan program, which many Greeks object to; it is unclear whether eurozone officials will find proposal acceptable until it is formally submitted. MORE

Feb. 19, 2015

European Central Bank and its president Mario Draghi may be ultimate arbiters of fate of showdown between European Union and Greece over country's debt; bank's Governing Council must decide whether to help Greek banks stay solvent, decision that could be seen as general verdict on whether country's government can avoid collapse and whether country will remain part of EU. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Editorial warns that only good option eurozone finance ministers have is to allow Greece a little leeway in debt negotiations, particularly given that Greek default and resultant chaos in euro system is distinct possibility; urges Greece's lenders, particularly Germany, to consider proposals made by Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras and Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Greek government of Prime Min Alexis Tsipras, fighting desperately to reduce austerity measures, face longer-term issues that could continue to hobble recovery despite outcome of battle; end of austerity alone would likely not be enough to restore country's fortunes; business owners and others cite nation's byzantine bureaucracy as a primary challenge. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

TheUpshot; dramatic reversals amid negotiations over future of Greek sovereign debt recall similar turmoil in Europe in years 2010 through 2012; market activity seems to indicate optimism crisis will be averted, as it was before; data, however, also suggests widely held opinion Europe has true longterm macroeconomic problem in terms of its shared currency and vast economic differences between its northern and southern constituents. MORE

Feb. 17, 2015

Meeting with Greece over its debt results in ultimatum by European creditors to proceed with bailout program or risk losing critical funding needed to avoid default; demand seems to entail part of plan to persuade Greek Prime Min Alexis Tspiras and Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis to back off from anti-austerity stance. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column contends that austerity advocates who compare Greece's economic woes to Germany's hyperinflation following World War I are guilty of selectively remembering history; notes that Germany experienced worse economic and political devastation in 1930s due to Allied forces' demands for reparations; holds that Greece's creditors will worsen situation by insisting on stringent measures. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

All sides in the negotiations on Greek debt are firm in the belief that the others will blink first. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Eurozone finance ministers exit emergency meeting with Greek Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis without resolving deep differences over country's bailout, terms of which government of new Prime Min Alexis Tsipras has rejected. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Greece will propose compromise plan over its debt at meeting with creditors in Brussels; plan will include taking part of bailout loan of 7 billion euros, or $7.9 billion. MORE

Feb. 9, 2015

Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras says his government will not extend bailout program with creditors, and will make good on promises to roll back austerity measures, albeit gradually; country faces increasing pressure to reach deal with international creditors and assuage worries it will default on its massive debt. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

Many patients at Greek hospitals must resort to employing illegal nurses, many of whom are untrained immigrants, as austerity measures have gutted health care system and thinned ranks of qualified nurses; nurses are but one hospital amenity that can be rented by patients and their families, and indicate both the way Greek's black-market economy functions and how decline in living standards spurred anti-austerity Syriza Party to victory. MORE

Feb. 7, 2015

Standard & Poor's decision to cut Greece's credit rating to B- and its warning of country's possible exit from eurozone increases pressure on new government of Prime Min Alexis Tsipras to reach deal with country's creditors. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column compares standoff between Germany and Greece over Greek government's debt to game of chicken, in which both participants threaten one another while barreling toward disaster; says moment is approaching when European Central Bank and Europe must decide whether to cut off Greece, precipitating chaos; offers hope that bank will refuse to make such an enormously risky move. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Greek Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis meets with German Finance Min Wolfgang Schauble, but hits impasse over renegotiating Greece's debt; Schauble is seen as Europe's main enforcer of austerity policy, and stark gulf between two puts Greece's need for financial aid in peril. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Panel of Greek judges rules that leader of far-right Golden Dawn party and 17 other party lawmakers will stand trial on charges including murder, assault and participation in criminal organization; party members are among larger group of defendants sympathetic to group's aims. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Guerrilla organization the Group of Popular Rebels claims responsibility for December shooting at Israeli embassy in Athens. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

European Central Bank says it will not accept Greek government bonds as collateral for loans due to lack of confidence that country will meet its bailout requirements, indication that bank is taking hard line against newly elected anti-austerity government; decision comes after first meeting between Prime Min Alexis Tsipras and Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis with ECB officials since elections. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras has gained notoriety for eschewing neck tie, act that public has come to associate with independent thinking and renewal. MORE

Feb. 4, 2015

For all the opposition to debt forgiveness, the notion has resurfaced as the new government in Athens, facing a cash squeeze, looks for ways to reduce what it owes. MORE

Feb. 4, 2015

Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras and new Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis look to European nations for support in negotiations on Greece's bailout, while turning heads at the same time for making fashion statements in their lack of neckties; their road show seems politically shrewd, with early stops in nations apparently more willing to help Greece. MORE

Feb. 2, 2015

French Finance Min Michel Sapin says country is ready to support Greece, but it will not forgive debt; urges country to continue with economic reforms. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

As depositors yank their savings from Greek banks, the question is being asked if the E.C.B. would bail them out again. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Greek Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis says Greece will not seek extension to its bailout program and will not cooperate with auditors. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Greece endorses six-month extension of sanctions against Russia, allaying fears that election victory of left-wing party would undermine Europe's efforts to pressure Russia over its actions toward Ukraine. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column submits events in Greece challenge Europe to move past inaccurate and moralizing views of Greece's role in euro crisis and to look at situation in more realistic and productive way; holds Greece has gained little benefit from loans and cannot afford to repay them, and that to expect repayment is to inflict endless suffering and risk country's withdrawal from euro; urges Europe to cut some losses in order to preserve greater health of system. MORE

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